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2009-12-18 13:15

Events in 2009 that will make history in 20 years ?

The year 2009 is drawing to a close. Looking back, we suddenly find the days gone by, good or bad, are speaking for themselves and still worth our attention, or a glimpse back. Let's pause for a while, relax the spasm of our minds, and quietly comb our thoughts with time ticking away. Just in the still air, we will see a new year in.  


What events that happened in 2009 will make history in 20 years ?
(Select 5 as you believe to be history-making events)


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Poll Options ( multiple choice: choose no more than 5 options, You have to submit your vote to view the result. ) Number of participants 148  

1. World Recession unfolds.
2. 60th Anniversary of the Founding of People’s Republic of China
3. Japan’s Democratic Party takes power for the first time in half a century.
4. North Korea does 2nd nuclear test.
5. The outbreak of swine flu is declared a global pandemic
6. Ahmadinejad is reelected as the president of Iran
7. Death of Michael Jackson and Farrar Fawcett
8. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pardons and releases two American journalists.
9. Obama becomes first African-American president.
10. "Black Saturday" (07/02/09)---- Australia's worst natural disaster. A bush fire in the state of Victoria which killed over 180 people
11. Tel Aviv celebrates its centenary
12. Air France Airbus with 228 passengers on board crashes.
13. Typhoon Morack hits Taiwan, claiming more than 619 lives and causing a heavy toll on public and private properties.
14. Deadly riots erupts in the western Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 197 people killed and more injured.
15. Somali piracy escalates with the deployment enhancement from dozens of countries in Gulf of Aden.
16. Release of “Made in China” ads marks the maiden Chinese governmental PR work to publicize the Chinese brands.
17. EU elects its President and Foreign Minister.
18. Riots rage breaks out in Honduras, sending president Zelaya in exile.
19. Shooting rampage at Ford Hood, US Army Post, kills 12.
20. 192 nations converge at Copenhagen Climate Conference.
 

 
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